anti-apartheid
adjective
an·ti-apar·theid
ˌan-tē-ə-ˈpär-ˌtāt 
-ˌtīt,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed to the former apartheid policy in the Republic of South Africa
anti-apartheid groups
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In a 2010 oral history that is part of the Chicago anti-apartheid collection at Columbia College, Davis reflected on what was then an already lengthy political career.
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Despite being banned in South Africa, collectively their music served as the soundtrack of the anti-apartheid movement.
—Time, 29 July 2025
As Benton correctly notes, the sins of the grandfather are not the sins of the grandson; Musk’s father, for example, was a member of an anti-apartheid party in South Africa, and Ashlee Vance reported in his biography of Musk that the apartheid system was a primary reason Musk left South Africa.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
The 1970s, amid mounting unrest and anti-apartheid protests such as the Soweto Uprising, are considered the artist’s most prolific period.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
Despite being banned in South Africa, collectively their music served as the soundtrack of the anti-apartheid movement.
—Time, 29 July 2025
As Benton correctly notes, the sins of the grandfather are not the sins of the grandson; Musk’s father, for example, was a member of an anti-apartheid party in South Africa, and Ashlee Vance reported in his biography of Musk that the apartheid system was a primary reason Musk left South Africa.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
The 1970s, amid mounting unrest and anti-apartheid protests such as the Soweto Uprising, are considered the artist’s most prolific period.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
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